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J. J. BRENNAN.

COMBINED HpLY WATER FONT AND POOR BOX.

(No Model.)

No. 297,966. Patented May 6', 1884.

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JAMES JOSEPH BRENNANOF WVHIPPANY, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED HOLY-WATER FONT AND POOR-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,966, dated May 6, 1884.

Application filed February 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES JOSEPH BREN- NAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whippany, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Holy-YVater Fonts and Poor-Boxes; and I do declare the follow: ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to church paraphernalia; and it consists in a combined poor-box and holy-water font, substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure ,1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is aside view. Fig. 3 is a vertical "section of my improved device. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the tank, which will be described.

The back piece, A, is surmounted with a cross or other religious emblem, as shown. A horizontal board or shelf, B, is secured to the back piece, and serves as a bottom for both the poor-box and holy-water font. A vertical partition, 0, is mounted on board B, parallel with the back piece, and about midway the same and the outer edge of the board B. This serves as a partition between the poor-box and the font and as a hinge-support for the doors of such compartments. The font D has its top D provided with a suitable opening, D through which the fingersmay be inserted to the water therein. This font has at one end a door, E, hinged at one edge to partition 0, and provided at its other edge with a latch, E, of any desired form. The tank F fits in the font-receptacle, and is easily removable therefrom when the door is open, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to remove these tanks, so they may be cleansed of the acou mulated dust. In this tank I arrange asponge, F, which fits up into the opening D and ob viates the unnecessary splashing out and wasting of the holy-water when the hand is hastily inserted and removed from said opening. This sponge also serves to prevent the free ingress of dust. Thepoor-box H has its top H projected above the top of the font, and

which the contributions may be passed. This box is provided with a door, I, arranged pref erably on the same side of the device with the door of the font, and hinged at one edge to the partition 0. The opposite edge of the The herein-described article of church-fur niture, consisting of a combined poor-box and holy-water font separated by the partition 0, the said poor-box being projected above the font and in the rear thereof, and provided provided with a slit or aperture, H through with'a slit or o enin H and havin adoor I I, hinged at one edge and provided on its opposite edge with a suitable lock, and the holywater font provided with a dip-opening, D

and a tank, F, and provided at one end with a door through which said tank may be removed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAS. Jos BRENNAN,

Witnesses:

FRED REEVE,

W. T. COGHLAN. 

